Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Thorin Oakenshield stricken with the dragon-sickness plans to defend the Lonely Mountain to the last dwarf and holes up in its halls with his 12 followers and fortifies the gates against those who would seek to steal the riches of the dwarves. For these military preparations and arming of the dwarves Shore strikes up a grim march theme which transforms the nobility and courage of the dwarven race into a dark and oppressive call to arms to Thorin’s company that still loyally but increasingly ruefully follows him. The theme shows the combination of dwarven and elven figures as the composer through the last film continues to bring his themes together, combining them and sending them colliding, revealing competing goals of the two races that are now deadly at odds with each other through the obsession of their kings.
Thorin Oakenshield stricken with the dragon-sickness plans to defend the Lonely Mountain to the last dwarf and holes up in its halls with his 12 followers and fortifies the gates against those who would seek to steal the riches of the dwarves. For these military preparations and arming of the dwarves Shore strikes up a grim march theme which transforms the nobility and courage of the dwarven race into a dark and oppressive call to arms to Thorin’s company that still loyally but increasingly ruefully follows him. The theme shows the combination of dwarven and elven figures as the composer through the last film continues to bring his themes together, combining them and sending them colliding, revealing competing goals of the two races that are now deadly at odds with each other through the obsession of their kings.
